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Thursday, May 3, 2018

This is an AMAZING gift idea, and so simple to do. Seriously...simple! I got to thinking after a friend posted pictures of a few favorite dinnerware pieces found at a popular retail store. I loved the pieces as well, but could never happen upon them while out. Part of shopping for me is the thrill of the hunt....so, yeah, I could've ordered some online, but did not. Instead, I thought I would try my Pebeo Paints, Porcelaine 150 for ceramic, combined with my Gel Press for monoprinting and give it a go myself. I collect eclectic stuff as well, so this was as eclectic as they come.

Here is an image of one of my pieces. Follow the link to learn a few of the how-to tips and supplies used. Happy creating!

Thursday, March 29, 2018

Over the past few months, I put together four simple, but popular videos that feature the "How-To's" of basic jewelry soldering techniques. These techniques are not my own innovations. The process of soldering has been around for dozens of years and used in various art or commercial media. It takes practice and lots of work to incorporate this media into your own awesome projects

These basic videos come in handy for students who want to learn the basic how-to's of soldering before completing projects in a class. Click each link and watch these short and sweet, easy- peasy tutorials and ENJOY!

Tuesday, March 27, 2018

How To Alter An April Cornell Piece Using Extra Fabric And The Gel Press: Art Project Share 15

By Lynne Suprock

Oh my, oh my, OH MY!
Seriously, there's been a sewing frenzy here once again! Oh heavens…. the paints, the Gel Press, the scissors,
and this poor little, sad little, old little shift, all meeting up on my dining room table…..and then strewn there for days! Lol

So the back story goes…. in 1986, I actually discovered the April
Cornell line of dresses and honest to gosh, swooned. I
did not have the money to spend on the outfits that I coveted, but on outlet
sale day in Baltimore….. I got an ensemble!!
This wine colored silky frock came with a navy tulle over coat that had matching
embroidery. Ou la la. Well, ou la la in 1986 anyway!

So now it is 2018, but I throw away no outfits once
coveted. The tulle coat still makes an
appearance, although a bit tattered.
However, this shift has definitely seen better days…..did I just say
DEFINITELY seen better days? Be that as it may, I wanted
to experiment, and sew I did. J

Let’s walk through the transformation. This time I am using Gel Press with my fav stencil for March, "Scribble Scratch", from Carolyn Dube and Stencil Girl Stencils. I think the best thing to do with this dress is to add a few good pleats. For those inserts, I will pop slices of color onto the fabric.

Step one: This will always be my Step One... so I will type it and reaffirm. Take a deep breath and say....."well, I don't like it anyway, so nothing I do to this piece is going to make it worse"...... lol. Now proceed to step two!

Step two: Find that extra fabric to paint, cut, and insert later into pleats. Lay out your stencil and measure so you will have enough to cut for the six pleats. Set that fabric aside for now and move on to let's say..... make an over slip of another colored fabric that will match the eventual pleats. I thought why not?!

I have a fav Tina Givens pattern that would work perfect for an over slip, and I liked a see through gray sheer nylon fabric, so decided to use that with the pattern. As well, I thought I would add a wine colored trim! Oh yeah. That was the yum!

Step three: Follow the pattern instructions. I left the facing off the sleeves and neckline, and just turned, pinned and sewed the fabric under.

The trim was pinned and sewn into place. The whole slip was so lightweight and had such movement.

Step four: Time to paint, paint, paint! So, here we go. Keeping it simple, I used equal amounts of GAC-900 and Golden acrylic, mixing in a teflon pan for ease.

Step five: I could hardly wait to get my awesome Stencil Girl Stencil onto the Gel Press. Then I rolled the paint generously over the total stencil, and removed it.

Step six: Each of the square pieces of fabric that were cut to the length and width of the widest part of the pleat to be inserted. Then, each piece was gently smoothed over the Gel Press and allowed to dry. In between gel pressing the fabric pieces, I wiped off the press with a baby wipe and repeated the process of rolling paint over the stencil times six.

Step seven: I collected all six panels, cut them, and pinned them behind the vertical slits cut into the shift.

Step eight: I made the final press at this point and of course.... put on one of my necklace designs and..... swirled around the yard for a sorta fashion show! :-) Again, great accolades to the photographer!

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A few months
ago a good friend sent me a few things from her local FLAX boutique. Let me say, "I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, FLAX clothes" and was sew excited when the package arrived. Anywho, there was also a plain cloth bag that arrived in the package along with my ensemble, and although it was FLAX awesome as well, it screamed for a chance to live the dream of being an actual supercalifragilistic FLAX wearable.

And "SEW" again………. I decided to give it a whirl and set out to alter the hungry little bag into a
marvelously stitcherized frock! Apologies. I don't have my image of the bag in its before state. Close your eyes and imagine a basic sac with handles, tag on the inside. OK? Ok.

First things, first. Let's turn it inside out to see that adorable little FLAX tag. Yep, let's leave the tag showing! Next it was time to tear out the bottom bag seams and then cut the fabric off, straight across the bottom. That gave me some extra fabric right away. I
used that fabric to create a few free motion stitched appliqués as
add-ons.

Next it was time to remove the bag handles and stitch them on their opposite
sides, to use as jumper shoulder pieces. I also removed the side seams so I could later add 3" from the shirt mentioned below, to have better movement under the arm part of the piece. Heart flower motifs made nice appliques, so a few were added and eventually sewn with black thread and free motion stitching.

This is where things got a little crazy because it was time to introduce my FLAX hybrid to the make or break supercalifragilistic moment regarding a must have union with a neutral colored thrift store shirt. (Men's size large). I cut two, 2" strips, from the
shirt and free motion stitched the word “wirth” to one of those strips. Both of the strips were positioned in the back, their ends sewn between
the repositioned bag handles, to keep it all from slipping off my shoulders later.

Out of the rest of the rest of the shirt, came two side panels under the arm areas and a purposefully uneven strip to add to the bottom. Too plain again......so I free motion stitched some more hearts, in black, along the bottom of the added fabric. The string of hearts matched the free
motion appliqué designs earlier placed on the front of the frock.

A little bit of tidying loose threads and hemming it all up, ahhhh .......and voila.

This was a fast, free, and fun frock to make and layer over another smock or wear over leggings.

And yes, indeed, I paired the outfit with one of my little purse
necklaces. Yum. Kudos to the photographer!

Frock Over A Smock...

A Different Look Over Leggings...

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Thursday, February 8, 2018

How To "Scrap" That White Apron Look Using The Gel Press: Art Project Share 13

By Lynne Suprock

Its READY, SET, and SEW time for another altered fabric project! This time I am using my awesome new Random Circles Stencil, from MaryBeth Shaw and Stencil Girl Stencils. I chose the circle stencil because I have a love affaire with circles going on right now...and these random circles do fill my heart...

In fact, one of the real inspirations for this fabric project was an awesome watercolor, purchased from artist, Stacha Prazak Conboy.

Using the circle stencil, some acrylic paint, oil pastels, a 10 x14 Gel Press gel plate, and a little extra fabric, we can transform this plain craft store apron into an artsy-fartsy, coloricious, fabuloso statement piece with a little motion. Can you feel the yum as all this tactile and visual heaven come together?

Okay, so, this was a basic box apron with lots of white... lot's and lot's of white! Let's see how we can fill in some of this vast open white space to make it....well, more appealing to the eye!

Step one: Pick a few color combos of acrylics. Mix one part paint with one part GAC-900 or textile medium that will enable to make the paint colorfast through washing. Roll the paint onto the Gel Press plate with a brayer.

Step two: Place the stencil over the rolled acrylic, and grab a piece of paper to lift the extra color.

Step three: Lift the stencil to reveal the pattern remaining on the plate. Select an area of the apron and press it onto plate, then smooth so that you pick up the paint underneath.

Step six: Okay Let's add a focal point to the apron. As with the last art share, I used a transparency and inkjet printer to reproduce an image. This time, before placing the wet ink side down, I reversed the writing. Press onto the Gel Press plate and voila......lift. Now its time to place the fabric down and smooth with hand. Lift the fabric. A benefit here is that you can wash the remaining ink from the transparency and reuse it for the next project!

Step seven: At this point let's put away the paint and focus on adding more yum-yum fabrics. I have an old, old, old, fav tee shirt that I tore apart, so I could add it to the length of the apron. A similar tee weight top with lace, was also begging to be a part of this apron party! I cut and pinned the lace ruffles along the bottom of the blue tee, and saved a bit more for the pocket trimming.

Step eight: I wanted to make some of the circles pop, so I pulled out some water soluble oil pastels and started drawing over several of the acrylic ones.

Step nine: For the final touches, it just made sense to add a bit of free motion stitching around some of the circles and, as well, over the tee shirt portion of the apron to bring it all together. Hint: Reinforce the thinner tee shirt layer from behind, with either removable painter's tape or some interfacing, so that you can free motion stitch with ease). In the end, make sure you heat set everything according to directions if you are going to wash the item.

VOILA AND OU-LA-LA. Love how this turned out, don't you?

On a different note, in an effort to marry my fabric creations some of my jewelry designs, I paired my enameled circle necklace with this art apron. Ooooh.... I am sew, sew smitten! xo

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